Friday, May 2, 2003

"X2". This snazzy sequel to Bryan Singer's comic-book smash "X-Men" is sleek and sexy, filled with delicious characters and effects. Just don't compare it to the original. [Salon.com] 7:03:08 PM

New Radio UserLand book from Rogers Cadenhead. Rogers just announced that his new book on Radio UserLand will be published this summer by Sams Publishing: "There's an amazing amount of stuff you can do with the software -- I can't think of another $40 program that supports Internet content management and publishing, information aggregation, programming, object-oriented database storage, and a long list of buzzworthy acronyms: HTTP, HTML, XML, FTP, XML-RPC, SOAP, and RSS." [UserLand Product News] 7:02:22 PM

SJ Mercury: IBM makes nanotech breakthrough. IBM researchers have created the world's smallest solid-state flashlight -- a tube 50,000 times thinner than a human hair. It emits a glow that is invisible to our eyes, but ideal for devices that use light to send data in fiber-optic cables and the like. [Tomalak's Realm] 1:06:12 PM

Music Biz Buzzing Over ITunes. Apple's new online music store is a home run with customers: Opening-day downloads rival six months' worth of legal downloads from all the competing services. But it's still in its early days with holes in its catalog and limitations on song sharing. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] 10:35:48 AM

NYT, WSJ: rave reviews of Apple music service [The Macintosh News Network] 10:35:05 AM

Palm Desktop 4.1 Released (01-May-2003; 1.1K) [TidBITS] 10:34:44 AM

Cadet Is Accused of Running Sex Club on Government Computer. The United States Air Force Academy is investigating accusations that a cadet ran a group sex club from his government-issued computer. By Diana Jean Schemo. [New York Times: Technology] 10:34:27 AM

The bad, bad boss. Anyone with more than three years' office experience, a crappy attitude and little to no attention to detail will savor the delicious torture of "The Office," BBC America's comedy import. [Salon.com] 10:34:09 AM